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febrero 2019
We updated the information on our Montana Suing an Abuser page and added links to forms and additional information from the Montana Judicial Branch website.
in our Montana Divorce section, we updated the links to outside sources in Where can I find additional information about divorce laws in Montana?
We added the crimes of deviate sexual intercourse, strangulation of a partner or family member, and sexual abuse of children to our Montana Crimes page.
We revised all of the information in our Montana Custody section. For example, we revised the question How will a judge make a decision about a parenting plan (custody)? by linking the remaining three crimes listed on that page to their definitions on our Selected Montana Statutes page. We also re-wrote If my child was conceived from rape, can the offender (parent) get custodial rights or visitation? to include more information. Lastly, we added five related statutes to our Selected Montana Statutes page.
We added links to additional court forms on our Montana Download Court Forms page.
We updated our Mississippi Download Court Forms page.
We updated the links to outside sources in our Mississippi Custody section (in the question Where can I find more information on custody in Mississippi?) and in our Mississippi Suing an Abuser page.
We completely re-organized and revised our Mississippi State Gun Laws section to make it easier to read. In addition to adding a new sub-section called The Abuser is Not Supposed to Have a Gun…Now What?, we also removed the majority of the federal gun laws information so that the section focuses on Mississippi state laws.
We updated our Mississippi State Gun Laws section based on a 2016 amendment to the law that loosened the residency requirements for getting a license to carry a concealed firearm. We regret the delay in making this change.
On our Louisiana Suing an Abuser page, we updated the links to three parishes’ websites with small claims court information.
In our Louisiana Divorce page, we created a new question called How much alimony can I get? and we added information about to Can I get spousal support? about how a judge will determine whether or not domestic abuse occurred. We also added a related statute to the Selected Louisiana Statutes page. Lastly, we added new links to outside sources in Where can I find additional information about divorce?
Based on a 2018 change to Louisiana’s law, we updated the information in Where can I file for a sexual assault protective order?
We updated the information for RISE, an organization listed on our California Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
In our Oregon Local Programs page, we added Domestic Violence Services, Inc. to our Morrow County section in English and Spanish.
We translated into Spanish our Puerto Rico Gun Laws page.
In our Louisiana Protective Orders (for Domestic Abuse) section, we revised the question What protections can I get in a protective order? to remove information about a judge being able to order the petitioner to undergo a mental health evaluation. The change was based on a 2018 amendment to the law.
We translated into Spanish our Oregon State Gun Laws page.
We completely revised and re-wrote our Louisiana State Gun Laws section in order to update the information based on 2018 changes to the law. We also created two new questions called What reasons would someone be denied a permit to carry a concealed handgun? and If the abuser’s gun is taken away, what will happen to it? We also added three related statutes to our Selected Louisiana Statutes page.
In both of our Louisiana Protective Orders sections (for domestic abuse and stalking), we revised the information in the question “What can I do it the abuser violates the order?”
We added five custody-related statutes to our Selected Louisiana Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish the Courthouse Locations in Pennsylvania.
We translated into Spanish our recently revised general Divorce page.
We added twenty-two new crimes to the Louisiana Crimes page, including sexting, sexual battery, statutory rape, domestic abuse battery, and more. We added the related twenty-two statutes to our Selected Louisiana Crimes page.
In our Louisiana Custody page, based on 2018 changes to the law, we re-wrote the information in multiple questions regarding when a parent who committed violence or sexual abuse can get custody or visitation. We also created four new questions called If my child was conceived as a result of rape, can the parent (offender) get any rights to my child?, Can a parent who sexually abused my child (or another child) get visitation? Can a parent who sexually abused my child (or another child) get custody? and Can a non-parent get custody?
On our general Domestic Violence Restraining Orders page, we added a link in English and Spanish to the newly-relocated Overview of Civil vs. Criminal Law, which is now housed in our Court System Basics section.
We revised the Oregon Custody page to make it easier to read. We also added a question called If my child was conceived as a result of rape, can the parent (offender) get custody? and we updated the links to outside resources in Where can I get additional information about custody in Oregon? All changes made in English. Spanish soon to come!
We translated into Spanish the revised contact information for the 36 courthouses listed in our Oregon Courthouse Locations page.
In our Minnesota Custody section, we revised the question Can a parent who committed violence get custody or visitation? to explain the legal standard of “rebuttable presumption” that affects the judge’s decision.
We updated the links to outside resources on our Minnesota Divorce page.
We added links to court forms related to custody and parenting time to our Minnesota Custody page and Download Court Forms page.
We added the crime of “criminal defamation” to the Minnesota Crimes page and the Selected Minnesota Statutes page.
We added information to our Minnesota Suing an Abuser page about the right to sue someone for sharing your private sexual images with other without your consent or for posting an ad that invites others to contact you for sexual acts without your permission to do so. We also added two related statutes to our Selected Minnesota Statutes page.
enero 2019
We added an Abuse in Immigrant Communities page in English in our Abuse in Specific Communities section. Spanish translation coming soon!
Based on changes to the law, we revised our California Divorce page in English (Spanish soon to come) to include, for example, that a judge can consider:
- a misdemeanor conviction when deciding whether an abused spouse has to pay alimony to the abuser; and
- whether the person convicted of the crime was actually the real victim.
We updated and added content to our Immigration Asylum page in English. Spanish translation coming soon!
In our Maine Custody section, we re-wrote the question Can a grandparent get visitation? to clarify the difference between having “standing” to file a petition and actually getting visitation and to include information based on changes to the law. We also added a related statute to our Selected Maine Statutes page. Lastly, we added additional factors that a judge will consider (that were inadvertently left out) to the question How will the judge decide on a parental rights and responsibilities arrangement?
In our Maine Protection from Abuse Orders (for the elderly/dependent/incapacitated) section, we clarified that this section explains additional people against whom a person can file but it doesn’t affect his/her ability to file against a family or household member or dating partner. We also clarified the definition of dependent adult and added additional acts that qualify as abuse that we previously erroneously left out. We also added a related statute to our Selected Maine Statutes section.
We translated into Spanish our Connecticut Moving to Another State with a Restraining Order and Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order sections in the Restraining Order page. We also translated our Download Court Forms page for this state.
Based on a December 2018 addition to the law that added three additional crimes as grounds for minor victims to qualify for a PFA, we updated the two questions in our Maine Protection from Abuse Orders (for domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and more) section.
Based on an August 2018 addition to the law, we changed the name of the crime of “harassment by telephone” to “harassment by telephone or electronic communication device” in our Maine Crimes page and Protection from Harassment Orders page.
Based on a September 2018 change to the law regarding re-applying for a firearm permit once five years have passed since completing certain criminal sentences, we updated two questions in our Maine State Gun Laws page.
Based on a December 2018 addition to the law, we updated the question What documents or proof do I need to give my landlord to get out of my lease if I am a victim? in our Maine Housing Laws section.
We revised our Maine Protection from Harassment Orders page to make it easier to understand. We also added a new question called Under what circumstances would I need to request that law enforcement issue a notice to stop the harassment before applying for an order?
We translated into Spanish the new information in our Florida Injunctions for Protection Against Repeat Violence, Dating Violence, or Sexual Violence section.
We translated into Spanish the Massachusetts section on Harassment Prevention Orders.
We added nine new crimes to our Maine Crimes page.
Based on a law that took effect in December 2018, we updated our Maine Protection from Harassment Orders page to add eleven new reasons why a person could qualify for an order. We also added nine related statutes to the Selected Maine Statutes page.
In our Kentucky Housing Laws section, we added two new questions under the newly-created sub-section called Protection for eviction for calling 911. We also added the related statute to our Selected Kentucky Statutes page.
We added information to our Kentucky Interpersonal Protective Orders page about how a conviction for certain sex offenses automatically triggers the issuance of an order on the victim’s behalf. We also added a related statute to our Selected Kentucky Statutes page.
Based on 2018 changes to the law, we added information to two questions in our Kentucky Custody section about the rebuttable presumption towards joint custody and equal parenting time, as well as additional “best interest factors” that a judge must consider. We also added a related statute to our Selected Kentucky Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish our Massachusetts Child Support page.
We translated into Spanish the Michigan Download Court Forms page.
We translated into Spanish the Michigan Non-Domestic Sexual Assault Personal Protection Orders page.
In our Indiana Divorce page, we updated the links for divorce forms in the question Where can I find additional information about divorce in Indiana?
On our Indiana Suing an Abuser page, we added information about Marion County, which has a limit of $8,000 per claim as opposed to $6,000 in other counties. We also added a link to the Indiana Judicial Branch’s video on how to represent yourself in small claims court. Lastly, we added three related statutes to the Selected Indiana Statutes page.
On our Indiana Download Court Forms page, we added a new link to divorce forms found on the Coalition for Court Access website and added descriptions about the types of forms that can be found on the Indiana Judicial Branch website.
We created a Puerto Rico Gun Laws section in English to explain the gun laws in Puerto Rico relating to domestic violence, orders of protection, and crimes. Spanish coming soon! We also added three related statutes to the Selected Puerto Rico Statutes section, in Spanish.
We translated into Spanish the Michigan Non-Domestic Stalking Personal Protection Orders page.
In our Indiana Orders for Protection due to Domestic Violence page, we re-wrote What protections can I get in an order for protection due to domestic violence? and added information about the protection of pets and transferring shared cell phone numbers to a petitioner based on 2017 additions to the law. (We regret the delay in adding this information.) We also added a related statute to the Selected Indiana Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish the Michigan Custody information page.
On our Asylum page, we revised the information in the question What is asylum? Who can be eligible for asylum status? to reflect the December 19, 2018 court ruling related to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who apply for asylum. Changes made in English and Spanish.
On our Illinois Divorce page, we added a question called What are the basic steps for filing for divorce? in English and Spanish.
On our Massachusetts Divorce page, we added a question called What are the basic steps for filing for divorce? in English and Spanish.
On our Colorado Divorce page, we added a question called What are the basic steps for filing for divorce? in English and Spanish.
In our Arkansas Crimes page, we added four crimes related to kidnapping and interference with custody and visitation in English and Spanish. We also added one related statute to our Selected Arkansas Statutes page in English.
We added a new question to our Indiana Custody page called What is a “de facto custodian” and can s/he get custody?
We added four crimes to our Kansas Crimes page, including ”commercial sexual exploitation of a child” and “human trafficking” and we added the related statutes to our Selected Kansas Statutes page.
We revised all of the information in our Kansas Protection from Stalking, Sexual Assault, or Human Trafficking Orders section based on a 2018 law that includes human trafficking victims and we added three related statutes to our Selected Kansas Statutes page. We also added two new questions: What is the legal definition of human trafficking in Kansas? and Can a minor file for an order?
We revised the information in What types of orders are there? How long do they last? in our Kansas Protection from Abuse Orders page to clarify that a victim would contact law enforcement to apply for an emergency order when the courts are closed.
In our Kansas Protection from Abuse Orders page, we added a new question called Can a minor file for an order? and we updated the information in Am I eligible to file for a protection from abuse order? based on a 2018 change to Kansas law.
Based on a 2018 change to the law regarding “criminal use of weapons” that included more people prohibited from using a firearm, we updated three questions in our Kansas State Gun Laws section. We also updated the related statute in our Selected Kansas Statutes page.
We took the brief information that we had about child support in Washington from our Custody page and moved it to a new Child Support page that we created in English and Spanish. We also added one related statute to our Selected Washington Statutes page in English.
We added links to court forms for non-parental custody to the question Can a non-parent file for custody of a child? in our Washington Custody section. Changes made in English and Spanish.
On our Missouri Sheriff Departments page, we updated the contact information for the St. Clair County Sheriff’s office.
We updates two resources on our California Local Programs page in English and Spanish.
We revised our general Divorce page in English, adding the questions: What happens with child custody and child support after filing for divorce? and Can I take my children out of the state once a divorce is filed? Spanish soon to come.
We translated into Spanish our Michigan Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order section in the Restraining Order page.
We translated into Spanish our Michigan Moving with an Abuse Prevention Order section in the Restraining Order page.
We translated into Spanish our Massachusetts Moving with an Abuse Prevention Order section in the Restraining Order page.
We updated the link to the Kansas Judicial Council’s website to access small claims court forms on our Kansas Suing an Abuser page.
We translated into Spanish the Massachusetts Enforcing Your Out-of-State Order section in the Restraining Orders page.
We added three new questions to our Tennessee Custody page and revised the rest of the section to add new information to the existing questions. We also added one related statute to the Selected Tennessee Statutes page.
On our Tennessee Crimes page, we added eight new crimes and updated the links to outside resources. We also added eight related statutes to the Selected Tennessee Statutes page.
We updated our Tennessee Download Court Forms page and added links to parenting plan forms and to a court-issued guide to creating a parenting plan.
We revised all of the contact information for the 36 courthouses listed in our Oregon Courthouse Locations page. Spanish coming soon!
In our Texas Family Violence Protective Orders section, we added examples to the different relationships in Who is eligible for a protective order? to clarify the information. Changes were made in English and Spanish.
diciembre 2018
In our U.S. Virgin Islands Divorce section, we added the question What are the basic steps for filing for divorce?
In Alabama, we created a new Child Support section. We also revised all of the information on our Custody page, including re-writing the information in What do I have to do to relocate my child? and adding a question called Can the non-relocating parent object to my plan to relocate my child? We also added two related statutes to our Selected Alabama Statutes page.
In Michigan, we added the question “Will I have to face the abuser in court?” in English and Spanish to the Non-Domestic Stalking Personal Protection Orders section and the Non-Domestic Sexual Assault Personal Protection Orders section.
We completely re-wrote our Alaska State Gun Laws page, revising all of the current information and adding two new questions. We also added seven related statutes to our Selected Alaska Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish the information on our Massachusetts Housing Laws page.
We translated into Spanish our recently updated Divorce information in Massachusetts.
We translated into Spanish our recently updated Divorce information in Illinois.
We translated into Spanish our recently updated Divorce information in Colorado.
We added the crime of “aggravated family offense” to our New York Crimes page in English and Spanish and to our Selected New York Statutes page in English.
Based on an addition to Michigan law, we added information to Will I have to face the abuser in court to get a PPO? about the possibility of appearing in court via video conferencing. in English and Spanish. We also revised the information in English in Does it cost anything to register my protection order? and added the relevant statute to our Selected MI Statutes page.
Based on an addition to Michigan laws, we added information to three questions in our Restraining Orders section about the judge being able to order an abuser not to attend school in the same building as a minor sexual assault victim. Changes were made in English and Spanish in the Domestic Relationship Personal Protection Orders section. In the other two sections, Spanish is soon to come!
We revised the information on our Michigan Non-Domestic Stalking Personal Protection Orders page and added a new question called Can a minor file for an order? Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon.
We updated the links to PPO forms on the Michigan Download Court Forms page and added new links to PPO forms that are used when filing against minors. All changes made in English – Spanish soon to come!
We updated the links to outside sources on our Marital / Partner Rape page in English and Spanish.
We revised all of the information on our Massachusetts Harassment Restraining Orders page and added a new question called Can I change or extend my harassment prevention order? All changes were made in English - Spanish soon to come!
noviembre 2018
In our Massachusetts Restraining Orders section, we added information about how Massachusetts state law treats out-of-state protection orders in Can I get my protection enforced in Massachusetts? What are the requirements? in English. Spanish soon to come! We also added two related statutes to our Selected Massachusetts Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish our recently updated information in What protections can I get in a bond for good behavior? in our Georgia Bonds for Good Behavior section.
We translated into Spanish the recently updated Divorce information in North Carolina.
We translated into Spanish the recently updated Divorce information in New Mexico.
We just discovered that due to a computer glitch, all of the links on our Spanish Crimes pages have not been working since 2017. We fixed the links in the 24 states that were affected so that each crime correctly links to the appropriate statute on our Selected State Statutes pages. We regret the inconvenience this may have caused our users during this past year.
We updated the current links and added a link to new court forms on our Virginia Download Court Forms page in Spanish and English.
We added six new crimes in English and Spanish to our Florida Crimes page. We also added the statutes for two of those crimes in English to our Selected Florida Statutes page.
We created a Hawaii State Gun Laws section in English to explain the gun laws in Hawaii relating to domestic violence, orders of protection, and crimes. We also added five related statutes to the Selected Hawaii Statutes section.
We updated the Divorce information in Massachusetts in English, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added ten related statutes to our Selected Massachusetts Statutes page. Spanish coming soon!
We updated the Divorce information in Illinois in English, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added three related statutes to our Selected Illinois Statutes page. Spanish coming soon!
We updated the Divorce information in Colorado in English, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added two related statutes to our Selected Colorado Statutes page. Spanish coming soon!
We revamped our Florida Injunctions for Protection Against Repeat Violence, Dating Violence, or Sexual Violence section, increasing the amount of information from two questions to seven. All changes made in English. Spanish soon to come.
We translated into Spanish the information on our Michigan Suing an Abuser page.
We revamped our video blog page. Each series now has a brief description in English and Spanish to help users interact with the videos.
We updated our Hawaii Download Court Forms page, updating the links to protective order forms and adding links to uncontested divorce forms and more.
We added the crimes of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and aggravated stalking to our Florida Crimes page in English. Spanish soon to come.
We added information to two questions in our Florida Restraining Orders section about possible jail time and fines for violating an injunction for protection against stalking/cyberstalking and an injunction against repeat, dating, and sexual violence. All changes made in English and Spanish.
We updated our Alabama Crimes page and added seven new crimes, including domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation, interference with custody, and more.
We revised and reorganized the information on our Hawaii Workplace Protections page and added additional information about the definitions of sexual assault and of family and household members to What is considered to be “domestic or sexual violence” under the law?
Based on a law that became effective in July 2018, we added a new question to our Hawaii Divorce section called Can I leave Hawaii with my child, rack up debt, or sell/transfer assets after a divorce is filed? We also added the related statute to our Selected Hawaii Statutes page.
As we begin creating a Hawaii State Gun Laws section from scratch, we added two new statutes to our Selected Hawaii Statutes page.
In preparation for adding additional information about housing laws in Georgia, we added the law to our Georgia Selected Statutes page and linked it to the summary of the law that we created in July.
In our Georgia Bonds for Good Behavior section, we re-wrote the information in What protections can I get in a bond for good behavior? in English. Spanish soon to come!
We completely revised all of the information in our Idaho Protection Orders page.
We translated into Spanish the content on our completely revised Massachusetts Abuse Prevention Orders page.
We updated the links to protection order forms on our Idaho Download Court Forms page and linked to additional forms, such as divorce, custody, paternity, and more.
We updated the links to protection order forms on our Vermont Download Court Forms page and linked to additional forms, such as divorce, parental rights responsibilities, small claims court, and more.
In our Massachusetts State Gun Laws section, we translated into Spanish the recently-added information about an order of suspension and surrender in two questions related to whether or not an abuser can have a gun when there is a temporary or final abuse prevention order.
We created a new question in our Idaho Protection Orders page called Can a minor get a protection order?
In our Idaho Protection Orders page, we added information to What protections can I get in a protection order? about a judge being able to transfer a wireless phone number from an abusive partner to the victim. We also added the related statute to our Selected Idaho Statutes page.
We translated into Spanish the recent changes made to the information and resources for LGBTQIA Victims.
We translated into Spanish the Extreme Risk Protection Orders page in our Massachusetts Restraining Orders section.
We updated the Divorce information in North Carolina in English, adding information on the definition of divorce “from bed and board” and alimony requirements, as well as updating the residency and grounds requirements. We also added one related statute to our Selected North Carolina Statutes page. Spanish coming soon!
We added new information to three questions on our Hawaii Orders for Protection due to Domestic Abuse (Family Court) page about it being illegal to have a firearm or ammunition when an order for protection is in place and what steps law enforcement is supposed to take to get the firearms. We also added the relevant law to our Selected Hawaii Statutes page.
We updated the Divorce information in New Mexico in English, adding information on residency, grounds and alimony requirements, and added four related statutes to our Selected New Mexico Statutes page. Spanish coming soon!
octubre 2018
We revised the information in What protections can I get in a protection order? in English and Spanish on our New Mexico Protection Orders (for domestic violence) page.
We updated our New York Download Court Forms page in English and Spanish to add a link to the petition to terminate or sever one’s lease if s/he is a victim of abuse.
We updated our New York Housing Laws in the question If I am a victim of domestic violence, how can this law protect me? to add a link to the specific petition that a person would file to ask a judge to terminate their lease. Changes were made in Spanish and English.
Based on a law that became effective today, we created a new section in our Delaware State Gun Laws page called Order of Relinquishment of Firearms, which allows law enforcement to file for an order to remove firearms from someone who a mental health service provider believes may harm him/herself or others. We also added the five related statutes to our Selected Delaware Statutes page.
We created a new section in our West Virginia Restraining Orders page called Personal Safety Orders. We also added six related statutes to our Selected West Virginia Statutes page.
In our West Virginia Protective orders (for Domestic Violence) page, we included examples in the question What is the definition of a family or household member? to make it clear that you can file against the relative of your family or household member and not just against your own relative.
We updated our West Virginia Download Court Forms page by adding links to personal safety orders, parenting plans, and divorce.
We added the crime of criminal contempt of a domestic violence protective order to our Delaware Crimes page and Selected Delaware Statutes page.
In our Delaware Restraining Orders section, we re-wrote the question Do I have to register my out-of-state protection order in Delaware in order to get it enforced? in order to distinguish between the requirements for an order to be enforced by law enforcement and by a court and to add information about Canadian orders.
In our Delaware Restraining Orders section, we updated the questions How do I register my out-of-state protection order in Delaware? and Can I get my out-of-state protection order enforced in Delaware? What are the requirements? and to include information about registering and enforcing a Canadian protection order.
We updated our Ohio Statewide Programs page by adding the Ohio Domestic Violence Network and deleting outdated resources.
Based on a 2018 change to the law, we updated multiple questions on our Delaware State Gun Laws page to include additional grounds that make it illegal to have a firearm.
We updated the contact information for the National Runaway Safeline on our National Organizations page.
In Delaware, we revised the section called Steps to get an order of protection from abuse. We also added information about a judge being able to question a child based on a 2017 change to the law to Step 4: The hearing. (We regret the delay in adding this 2017 information.)